Every time I walk into my study and see my game cases lined up on the bookshelf I feel an overwhelming sense of guilt, followed by panic. Panic that I have so many unplayed or unfinished games staring at me, mocking me, for the little time I have to play them all.

This feeling is immediately followed by the thought of all the digital games I own and have not played, which further crushes my spirit. Chastised I will always slink out of the room with a sideways glance at these games cases and curse their smug patronising voice.

Should I feel ashamed? Quite possibly yes, but I know that I am not alone in this scenario. Having so many games is both a positive and negative. Positive in that even if you are not going to play the game (or will at a later date) you are supporting the developer behind it - well hopefully you are and the publisher has not screwed the developer over with a terrible contract. Negative in that it is a terrible sign of consumerism and purchasing things I’ll never use.

But I think there is a way to feel better about this, or less alone in my shame.

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It’s time we all shared our shame. Not to gloat over others with larger piles of unplayed games, but to take solitude in the fact that there are others like myself who have this problem. I’m not alone. I don’t have to feel so guilty any more.

Maybe it’s alright to have a large pile of unplayed games. Maybe I’ll even get around to finishing them all one day. Maybe.

So here is a homework assignment for everyone. Go home tonight and make a list of every game you own that you have not played and/or finished and put it in the comments below. Show your community members they are not alone. Share your shame and lessen it.

Below is my Pile of Shame, including both retail and digital games, for your perusal.

Xbox 360

Beyond Good and Evil HD

Bioshock 2 + Minerva’s Den

Bulletstorm

Burnout Paradise

Child of Eden

Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena

Darksiders 2

Dark Souls

de Blob 2

Dead Space

Deus Ex: Human Revolution

Driver San Francisco

Fable II

Fez

GTA IV: The Lost and the Damned

Guardians of Middle Earth

Haunt

Lord of the Rings: War in the North

Mark of the Ninja

Nier

Phantasy Star 2

Prototype

RAGE

Red Dead Redemption + Undead Nightmare

Saints Row 3

Stacking

Warhammer 40000 Space Marine

Wreckateer

PlayStation 3

Batman Arkham City

Gran Turismo 5

Jack and Daxter Trilogy HD

LA Noire

Ratchet and Clank Trilogy HD

Stranger’s Wrath

The Sly Trilogy

Uncharted 2

Vanquish

WWE All Stars

PlayStation Vita

Big Sky Infinity

Knytt Underground

Metal Gear Solid 2 HD

Metal Gear Solid 3 HD

Pinball Arcade

PC

Antichamber

Black Mesa

Cave Story+

Civ 5

Company of Heroes

Dear Esther

Evochron Mercenary

Freespace 2

Frozen Hearth

FTL

Just Cause 2

MacGuffin’s Curse

Spec Ops The Line

Torchlight 2

- Steve "Smoolander" Smoothy

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